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Indian political party Political party in India
Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa भारतीय जनता पार्टी, गोवा
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderPramod Sawant
(Chief Minister)
PresidentSadanand Shet
General SecretarySatish Dhond
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters3rd Floor, Navelkar Arcade, Dr. Atmaram Borkar Road, Panaji - 403 001 Goa
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in Lok Sabha1 / 2 (as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha1 / 1(as of 2022)
Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly28 / 40
Website
goa.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Sadanand Tanavade as the president of the BJP Goa on 12 January 2020 who took over from Vinay Dinu Tendulkar. Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019, after the death of Manohar Parrikar.

Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

Year Seats won Seats contested +/- Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Outcome
1984 0 / 30 16 Steady 1.21% Increase 1.21% Opposition
1989 0 / 40 7 Steady 0.39% Decrease 0.82% Opposition
1994 4 / 40 12 Increase 4 9.05% Increase 8.66% Opposition
1999 10 / 40 39 Increase 6 26.15% Increase 17.1% Opposition, later Government
2002 17 / 40 39 Increase 7 35.57% Increase 9.42% Government
2007 14 / 40 33 Decrease 3 30.32% Decrease 5.25% Opposition
2012 21 / 40 28 Increase 7 34.68% Increase 4.36% Government
2017 13 / 40 36 Decrease 8 32.48% Decrease 2.2% Government
2022 20 / 40 40 Increase 7 33.31% Increase 0.83% Government

Lok Sabha election

Year Seats won +/- Outcome
1980 0 / 2 Steady Opposition
1984 0 / 2 Steady Opposition
1989 0 / 2 Steady Outside support to National Front
1991 0 / 2 Steady Opposition
1996 0 / 2 Steady Government, later Opposition
1998 0 / 2 Steady Government
1999 1 / 2 Increase 1 Government
2004 1 / 2 Steady Opposition
2009 1 / 2 Steady Opposition
2014 2 / 2 Increase 1 Government
2019 1 / 2 Decrease 1 Government
2024 1 / 2 Steady Government

Leadership

Chief Minister

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly
1 Manohar Parrikar Panaji 24 October 2000 3 June 2002 8 years, 348 days 8th
3 June 2002 2 February 2005 9th
9 March 2012 8 November 2014 11th
14 March 2017 17 March 2019 12th
2 Laxmikant Parsekar Mandrem 8 November 2014 11 March 2017 2 years, 123 days 11th
3 Pramod Sawant Sanquelim 19 March 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 277 days 12th

Leader of the Opposition

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Manohar Parrikar Panaji 14 June 2005 5 June 2007 1 year, 356 days 9th Pratapsingh Rane
19 June 2007 6 March 2012 4 years, 261 days 10th Digambar Kamat

President

No Party leader Period
1 Kashinath Parab 1980 1989 9 years
2 Vishwanath Arlekar 1989 1991 2 years
3 Shripad Naik 1991 1995 4 years
4 Suresh Amonkar 1995 2000 5 years
5 Laxmikant Parsekar 2000 2003 3 years
6 Rajendra Arlekar 2003 2007 4 years
(3) Shripad Naik 2007 2010 3 years
(5) Laxmikant Parsekar 2010 2012 2 years
7 Vinay Dinu Tendulkar 2012 2020 8 years
8 Sadanand Shet 2020 present 2 years

See also

References

  1. ^ "Former MLA Sadanand Tanavade becomes Goa BJP chief". The Hindu. PTI. 12 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. "Vinay is the new Goa BJP chief (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)". Goa News. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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